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Article PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO BRO. WHITE, ← Page 2 of 5 →
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Presentation Of Plate To Bro. White,
assembly anxious to do honour to the Brother , who in his opinion deserved all the repect and esteem they could show him . He would now cordially thank them for the confidence they had reposed in him , and the kindness they had always manifested towards himself . ( Loud cheers ) . Sonsr—Miss Hansford .
The D . G . M . then called upon Bro . R . G . Alston to make his statement relative to the object of their meeting . Bro . R . G . ALSTON then stood forward , and said , it became his duty to state to the Brethren the proceedings which had been adopted by the subcommittee appointed for the purpose of providing a testimonial to evince the estimation which the whole Craft entertained for the Grand Secretary , Bro . White , ( loud cheers ) . He had never in his life undertaken a duty with greater cordiality , than when he took the office of Secretary to the
Committee . It was now better than a year ago when they met on the occasion of Bro . White ' s having reached his fiftieth year in Masonry . A large number of the Brethren then felt that the worth y Brother ' s services had too long gone unrewarded . They all knew that had Bro . White ' s own personal feelings been consulted , he would have prevented any thing of the kind taking place , and he would have shrunk from being drawn forward by a public demonstration . Still it was felt that they ought not
to defer to private feeling . They felt that one who had so ably and so long performed such arduous duties ought to possess some public record ; —they felt that what they had endeavoured to carry out , was due not to their valued Brother alone , but to the whole body of Freemasons present and to come . ( Cheers . ) They felt that their great and excellent Brother was not appreciated as he ought to have been by his Brethren . With this view , a Committee was formed , and never did men or Brethren work more zealously to attain an end—that end being to do honour where honour was justly due . He would now state what had been done .
No contribution had been solicited from any one whatever . A statement of views and intentions had been submitted to the Craft at large , and he felt that the result was alike honourable to Bro . White , and honourable to Freemasons . They hail put a limit to the amount of the subscription . They had received subscriptions from Lodges and Chapters , and more than three thousand six hundred Brethren had concurred in bearing testimony to their excellent Grand Secretary . —( Cheers . ) The history of Bro . White was the history of Masonry . He had devoted his
great abilities to the diligent , honourable , and efficient performance of a duty inseparably connected with the cause of universal charity , but he had still not wanted time to cultivate the most sincere friendships . He trusted they would recollect the feelings which had led to this offer of respect . The Committee had determined that the present should be beautiful in art , elegant in design , ancl valuable in its material . It was now his duty to present to the Brethren the result of their labours . ( The
plate was now uncovered , amidst loud cheering , by Bros . S . Norris and Bossy , Bro . White ' s oldest Masonic Brethren and friends ) . He would observe , that Europe , Asia , Africa , and America , had contributed to provide this testimonial . Almost every climate had combined . They had now attained their object , and in the name of the Committee and the Subscribers , he begged his Lordship , in conjunction with the M . W . G . M ., to consummate their labours by presenting this small testimonial of the manner in which their Brother was estimated almost as far as the sun shone . It was given by Brethren with open hands and
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Presentation Of Plate To Bro. White,
assembly anxious to do honour to the Brother , who in his opinion deserved all the repect and esteem they could show him . He would now cordially thank them for the confidence they had reposed in him , and the kindness they had always manifested towards himself . ( Loud cheers ) . Sonsr—Miss Hansford .
The D . G . M . then called upon Bro . R . G . Alston to make his statement relative to the object of their meeting . Bro . R . G . ALSTON then stood forward , and said , it became his duty to state to the Brethren the proceedings which had been adopted by the subcommittee appointed for the purpose of providing a testimonial to evince the estimation which the whole Craft entertained for the Grand Secretary , Bro . White , ( loud cheers ) . He had never in his life undertaken a duty with greater cordiality , than when he took the office of Secretary to the
Committee . It was now better than a year ago when they met on the occasion of Bro . White ' s having reached his fiftieth year in Masonry . A large number of the Brethren then felt that the worth y Brother ' s services had too long gone unrewarded . They all knew that had Bro . White ' s own personal feelings been consulted , he would have prevented any thing of the kind taking place , and he would have shrunk from being drawn forward by a public demonstration . Still it was felt that they ought not
to defer to private feeling . They felt that one who had so ably and so long performed such arduous duties ought to possess some public record ; —they felt that what they had endeavoured to carry out , was due not to their valued Brother alone , but to the whole body of Freemasons present and to come . ( Cheers . ) They felt that their great and excellent Brother was not appreciated as he ought to have been by his Brethren . With this view , a Committee was formed , and never did men or Brethren work more zealously to attain an end—that end being to do honour where honour was justly due . He would now state what had been done .
No contribution had been solicited from any one whatever . A statement of views and intentions had been submitted to the Craft at large , and he felt that the result was alike honourable to Bro . White , and honourable to Freemasons . They hail put a limit to the amount of the subscription . They had received subscriptions from Lodges and Chapters , and more than three thousand six hundred Brethren had concurred in bearing testimony to their excellent Grand Secretary . —( Cheers . ) The history of Bro . White was the history of Masonry . He had devoted his
great abilities to the diligent , honourable , and efficient performance of a duty inseparably connected with the cause of universal charity , but he had still not wanted time to cultivate the most sincere friendships . He trusted they would recollect the feelings which had led to this offer of respect . The Committee had determined that the present should be beautiful in art , elegant in design , ancl valuable in its material . It was now his duty to present to the Brethren the result of their labours . ( The
plate was now uncovered , amidst loud cheering , by Bros . S . Norris and Bossy , Bro . White ' s oldest Masonic Brethren and friends ) . He would observe , that Europe , Asia , Africa , and America , had contributed to provide this testimonial . Almost every climate had combined . They had now attained their object , and in the name of the Committee and the Subscribers , he begged his Lordship , in conjunction with the M . W . G . M ., to consummate their labours by presenting this small testimonial of the manner in which their Brother was estimated almost as far as the sun shone . It was given by Brethren with open hands and